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We've been\nthere ourselves. That's why we're building better ways to help people find, fund, and understand aging care all while being supported every step of the\nway. We're a team of curious problem-solvers, compassionate listeners, and people who care about making a difference. We value diverse perspectives and\nare committed to fostering an inclusive culture where every team member feels respected, supported, and empowered to bring their authentic self. \n\nOur four values guide our strategy, our decisions, and our interactions: \n\nMake it human. We care about the people that make up our customers, colleagues, and communities. \n\nMake it about others. We do what’s best for our customers and collaborate to drive progress. \n\nMake it happen. We work with intention toward a common purpose and forge ways forward together. \n\nMake it better. 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This role requires deep expertise in modern software development practices, a passion for emerging technologies, and the ability to provide strong technical leadership and mentorship. You will play a critical role in shaping the future of the platform, ensuring it is scalable, resilient, secure, and maintainable for long-term growth.\nWhat you will be doingResponsibilities\nArchitect and implement a modern Assessment platform using technologies such as TypeScript, React, React Native, Flutter, and GraphQL.\n\nEstablish and champion best-in-class engineering practices to ensure systems are modular, scalable, resilient, and flexible.\n\nDefine and enforce coding standards, architectural patterns, and quality metrics to maintain high engineering standards.\n\nLead technical design discussions, perform code reviews, and provide hands-on guidance across the engineering team.\n\nDesign and implement CI/CD pipelines and contribute to DevSecOps practices.\n\nContribute to platform hosting, deployment, and runtime strategies, ensuring reliability and performance at scale.\n\nDeliverables / Results\nA modernized, production-ready Assessment platform supporting both B2B and 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architectural trade-offs, and implementation approaches.\n\nTake accountability for platform quality, performance, and long-term sustainability.\n\nIdentify and proactively address technical risks, scalability challenges, and architectural gaps.\n\nCollaboration\nPartner closely with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.\n\nCollaborate with engineering peers, mobile and web teams, and shared services to ensure architectural alignment.\n\nMentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of learning, quality, and continuous improvement.\n\nWork cross-functionally with security, infrastructure, and operations teams to support platform reliability and compliance.\n\nWhat you bringPerspective\nA systems-level mindset with the ability to balance short-term delivery needs against long-term architectural health.\n\nStrong product and business awareness, enabling you to align technical decisions with customer, partner, and 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